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New NIH R21 award to Dr. Li-Ming Hsu, Neurology postdoc, and new R01 award to the Shih lab advance neuroimaging science

April 12, 2023
Dr. Li-Ming Hsu, a postdoctoral researcher in Ian Shih’s lab, received a new R21 award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study the role of anterior cingulate cortex in nicotine addiction. Dr. Ian Shih received a new R01 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke with collaborators...

UNC MS Center Recognized as a Center for Comprehensive MS Care by the National MS Society

April 11, 2023
A prestigious recognition, the National MS Society awards this title to a handful of healthcare providers each year   Chapel Hill, NC – On March 28, 2023, UNC’s MS/Neuroimmunology Division, a leading provider of care for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), has been officially recognized as a Center for Comprehensive...

UNC researchers secure more than $1B in funding for third consecutive year

July 23, 2022
Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continues to grow, bringing in more than $1.2 billion in funding awards during the 2022 fiscal year. This is the third year in a row that research awards have topped $1 billion, facilitating research projects and experiments for external sponsors like...

Shih Lab Earns NeuroImage ‘Paper of the Year’ Honors

July 7, 2022
The lab of Ian Shih, PhD, received the top prize from the journal NeuroImage for brain research featuring fMRI and fast-scan cyclic voltammetry. First author was Lindsay Walton, PhD.

Diaz Receives AAN Clinical Research Training Scholarship

December 13, 2021
The American Academy of Neurology awarded Monica M. Diaz, MD, MS, a Clinical Research Training Scholarship in support of her research on the detection of neurodegeneration in older, cognitively impaired people with HIV.

Shih awarded $5K-50K NC TraCS grant

May 14, 2021
NC TraCS awarded funding for a $5K-$50K grant application submitted by Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD.

2020 Broyhill Research Award in Child Neurology Recipients Announced

November 10, 2020
The UNC Department of Neurology is proud to announce that child neurologists Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD, and Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, are this year’s recipients of the UNC Broyhill Research Award in Child Neurology.

UNC Neurology Receives New Center of Excellence Designation

August 4, 2020
The Division of Neuromuscular Disorders has been designated as a Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Charcot-Marie-Tooth Center of Excellence.